@@ -398,6 +398,9 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_get_string_buf(git_buf *out, const git_config *cfg, c
398398 *
399399 * The callback will be called on each variable found
400400 *
401+ * The regular expression is applied case-sensitively on the normalized form of
402+ * the variable name: the case-insensitive parts are lower-case.
403+ *
401404 * @param cfg where to look for the variable
402405 * @param name the variable's name
403406 * @param regexp regular expression to filter which variables we're
@@ -410,6 +413,9 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_get_multivar_foreach(const git_config *cfg, const cha
410413/**
411414 * Get each value of a multivar
412415 *
416+ * The regular expression is applied case-sensitively on the normalized form of
417+ * the variable name: the case-insensitive parts are lower-case.
418+ *
413419 * @param out pointer to store the iterator
414420 * @param cfg where to look for the variable
415421 * @param name the variable's name
@@ -487,6 +493,8 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_set_string(git_config *cfg, const char *name, const c
487493/**
488494 * Set a multivar in the local config file.
489495 *
496+ * The regular expression is applied case-sensitively on the value.
497+ *
490498 * @param cfg where to look for the variable
491499 * @param name the variable's name
492500 * @param regexp a regular expression to indicate which values to replace
@@ -506,6 +514,8 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_delete_entry(git_config *cfg, const char *name);
506514/**
507515 * Deletes one or several entries from a multivar in the local config file.
508516 *
517+ * The regular expression is applied case-sensitively on the value.
518+ *
509519 * @param cfg where to look for the variables
510520 * @param name the variable's name
511521 * @param regexp a regular expression to indicate which values to delete
@@ -552,6 +562,9 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_iterator_new(git_config_iterator **out, const git_con
552562 * Use `git_config_next` to advance the iteration and
553563 * `git_config_iterator_free` when done.
554564 *
565+ * The regular expression is applied case-sensitively on the normalized form of
566+ * the variable name: the case-insensitive parts are lower-case.
567+ *
555568 * @param out pointer to store the iterator
556569 * @param cfg where to ge the variables from
557570 * @param regexp regular expression to match the names
@@ -568,6 +581,9 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_iterator_glob_new(git_config_iterator **out, const gi
568581 * The pointers passed to the callback are only valid as long as the
569582 * iteration is ongoing.
570583 *
584+ * The regular expression is applied case-sensitively on the normalized form of
585+ * the variable name: the case-insensitive parts are lower-case.
586+ *
571587 * @param cfg where to get the variables from
572588 * @param regexp regular expression to match against config names
573589 * @param callback the function to call on each variable
@@ -693,6 +709,9 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_config_parse_path(git_buf *out, const char *value);
693709 * This behaviors like `git_config_foreach_match` except instead of all config
694710 * entries it just enumerates through the given backend entry.
695711 *
712+ * The regular expression is applied case-sensitively on the normalized form of
713+ * the variable name: the case-insensitive parts are lower-case.
714+ *
696715 * @param backend where to get the variables from
697716 * @param regexp regular expression to match against config names (can be NULL)
698717 * @param callback the function to call on each variable
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